9. Funerals

٩۔ كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ

9.127 [Machine] What is narrated about seeking forgiveness for the deceased and supplicating for them between the fourth Takbirah and the Salam?

٩۔١٢٧ بَابُ مَا رُوِيَ فِي الِاسْتِغْفَارِ لِلْمَيِّتِ وَالدُّعَاءِ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَ التَّكْبِيرَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ وَالسَّلَامِ

bayhaqi:6981Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Ibrāhīm b. Marzūq > Wahb b. Jarīr > Shuʿbah > al-Hajarī / Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

[Machine] His daughter died, so he came out in her funeral on a bier behind the funeral procession. The women began to lament, so Abdullah ibn Abu Awfa said: "Do not lament, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade mourning, but rather let one of you cry over her own loss as she wishes." Then he prayed over her and raised his hands in supplication, as far as the distance between the two prostrations, seeking forgiveness for her and making du'a. Then he said: "This is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do."  

البيهقي:٦٩٨١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْهَجَرِيِّ يَعْنِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

مَاتَتِ ابْنَةٌ لَهُ فَخَرَجَ فِي جِنَازَتِهَا عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ خَلْفَ الْجِنَازَةِ فَجَعَلَ النِّسَاءُ يَرْثِينَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي أَوْفَى لَا تَرْثِينَ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْمَرَاثِي وَلَكِنْ لِتُفِضْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ مِنْ عَبْرَتِهَا مَا شَاءَتْ قَالَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا فَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعًا فَقَامَ بَعْدَ التَّكْبِيرَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ بِقَدْرِ مَا بَيْنَ التَّكْبِيرَتَيْنِ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهَا وَيَدْعُو ثُمَّ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ هَكَذَا